Al. LOTUS 
— 435 — 
KuPlIOHmACKAE 
Iiiflorescentiae tcnninales, laxe racemosae, f^tcllato puhcscenles^ c. 3.5 — 7 
cm loiujae^ pedunculo c. i — 2.5 cm. loufjo. Bractcae persistenteSj majuscidae., 
pntentes, incurcae, ohlongo- vel lanceolato-irlatu/iihte., inferiores subulafae^ 
concavae., puhesceutes., c. 0 2 — 0.5 cm.longae. Flores in fasciculos c. 1— 4- 
Jloros dispositi, parvi, pedicelUüi, pedicello supra basin ariicHlato^ stellato- 
piiberulo, granuloso (jlandtdoso, ijaUide viridi, c. 0,16 — 0.25 cm. longo. 
Gahjx triparfituSj laciniis recurvis.^ ouato-elliptkis vel oblongis, apiculaiis, 
convexis, extiis slellato-pubescentibiis, extus intusque paree yraniiloso-(j tan- 
dulosis, petllide viridibus^ c. 0.2—0.225 cm. longis., 0.1 — 0.15 cm. latis. 
Stamina c. 35, c. 0.15 — 0.2 cm. longaj antherae hreves, latae, plerurnque 
hasi apiceqiie emarginatae, exteriores introrsae, interiores extrorsae, thecis 
.subp)arallelis subovalibus, connectioo crassiusculo, lato, interdum bifido, 
thecis breviove. Pistilli rudimentnm parvum. Inftoresceutiae ^ terminales, 
simplices, laxe racemosae, c. 8 — Ih-fiorae, slellato-pubescentes, c. 4 5 — 7.5 
on. longae, pedunculo c. 1 — 2.5 cm. longo. Bracteae persistentes, majusculae, 
patenles, plus minusve iucurvae, oblongo-triangulae, acuminatae, inferiores 
longe suhulatae, concavae., carnosulae, pubescentes, granuloso’glandiilosae, 
c. 0.3 — 1 cm. longae. Flores $ solitarii, pedicellati, pedicello articulato, 
pubescenti, pilis plus minusve siellatis et simplicibus, c. 0 2— 0.3 cm. longo. 
Calyx 3 — 4pariitiis, laciniis ovario subadpressis, lanceolatis, aciitis, dorso 
patenter pubescenlibus, c. 0.2—0.325 cm. longis, 0.07 — 0.15 cm. latis. 
Ovarium subglobosum, aculeis mollibus suhadpressis subulatis hirtellis 
c. 0.1 — 0.2 cm. longis et glandulis granidosis dense tectum, 3-loculare, 
c. 0.1 cm. altum; Stylus breds, pubescens, granuloso-glandidosus, c. 0.1 cm. 
longus ; stigmata 3, erecta, divergentia, apice recurva, linearia, intus irre- 
gidariter plumosa, dorso magnam partem s'mpticïter hirtella et gramdoso- 
glandidosa, c. 0.55 cm longa. Pedicellus fructifer c. 0 5 — 0.6 cm. longus. 
Capsula calyce suifulta, stigmatis eoronata, depresso-tricocca, tornentella, 
pilis longioribus intermixtis, gramdoso-glandulosa, aculeis mollibus ad 
c. 0.23 cm. longis laxe tecta, sine aculeis c. 0.6 cm. alta, 1 cm. diam , in 
cocca 3 bivalvia dehiscens, pericarpio tenui, ah endocarpio tenuiter lignoso 
intus glabro haud solubili. Semina subglobosa, c. 0.45 — 0.475 cm. diam., 
testae strato exteriore (macerato) membranaceo, endocarpio duro levi ; 
albumen carnosum; cotyledones orbiculari-reniformes, c. 0.25 on. latae; 
radicida crassa, c. 0.075 cm. longa. 
11. Mallotiis glabeiTiiims Muell. Arg. io Linnaea xxxiv, 192; 
in DC. Prodr. xv, 2, 974. — M. Moritziamis Müele. Arg. var. 
laedgaUis Muell. Arg. in Linnaea Lc. 191. — Rottlera glaberrima 
